Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

W. H. REDINGTON.

V BOTTLE STOPPEB. I No. 360,246. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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Users STATES ATENT Erica IVILLIAM H. REDINGTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,246, dated March 29, 1887.

Original application filed December 13, 1886, Serial No. 221,392.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLLUI H. REDING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BottleStoppers, for which I made application for Letters Patent December 13, 1886, Serial No. 221,392, of which the following is a divisional specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical stopper for ink and similar bottles or vessels; and the invention consists in the features and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper part of a bottle provided with my improved stopper; Fig. 2, the same with the cork shown as broken away and the spout in different shape; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the cork ready to be put in the cap or cover for use; and Fig. 4, a perspective View of the cork detached after it has been used, particularly intended to show the opening for the escape of the outflowing liquid.

A is the bottle; B, the part of the stopper which I call the cap or cover, 0, the spout extending from the cap or cover, and c the cap for the outer end thereof; D, the cork secured in the cap and intended to rest on the top of the bottle, and (Z the hole or opening forced in the cork to permit the liquid to flow out or escape.

lfhe cap and spent of my improved stopper are preferably made of britannia or other similar material capable of withstanding the effect of the ink-acids, so as not to be corroded or injuriously affected thereby, and the cap is provided with suitable screw-threads, by means of which it may be secured over and to the neck of the bottle.

lhe cork is of a suitable size to fit snugly within the cap or cover, so that when the latter is screwed onto the neck of the bottle it will be pressed and caused to rest closely against or on the upper end of such neck. It

should also be thin enough to be easily broken by the insertion and forcing down of a suitable devicc-as, for instance, the end of a pencil or pen-holderso as to permit the pouring out of the liquid, as presently described. Ihis cork of course does not go down into the neck of the bottle, but, as just said is secured on Divided and this application filed February 1, 1887. Serial No.

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the top thereof and held in place by the cap or cover.

The spout may extend out from the cap straight or at an angle, or in any other way desired, and may of course be of any length desired; but about an inch will be found a convenient length for an ordinary pint or quart ink jar or bottle. My preference is to have the spout extend out at an angle, and to have it of about the same diameter throughout its entire length, and a little cap may be screwed onto and made to serve as a convenient covering or stopper for its outer end.

\Vhen it is desired to pour out the liquid from a bottle provided with my improved stopper, the cap or cover 0 is unscrewed and removed from the end of the spout and the end of a pencil, pen-holder, or other suitable device inserted and forced or punched down, so as to break away that part of the cork which it comes in contact withthat is to say, the part of the cork directly under the opening of the spout at its point of juncture with the main capthe other parts resting on the walls of the neck of the vessel of course remaining as before. This breaking away of the cork will of course only be necessary when the bottle is used the first time. The little cap being removed and the cork broken away, as above described, the contents of the bottle may of course be emptied without unscrewing the main cap or removing the stopper from the bottle,and after a sufficient quantity ofink has been poured out the bottle may be again closed by simply screwing the little cap onto the end of the spout.

I do not herein claim a bottlestopper having a spout extending out therefrom at an angle, so as to leave an air-space therein above the outflowing liquid, the same being the subject of another applicatioinot' which this is a division; but

I claim A stopper for bottles or other vessels, comprising a cap to be secured to the top of the vessel and a cork within such cap, the cap being provided with a spout and the cork adapted to be broken away, substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. REDINGTON.

IVitnesses:

EPHRADI BANNING, THOMAS A. BANNING.

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